Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  The star 16Cep  ·  The star 24Cep
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LDN 1235 - The Shark Nebula, Antoine Grelin
LDN 1235 - The Shark Nebula
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LDN 1235 - The Shark Nebula, Antoine Grelin
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Space Shark 🦈 ✨

If you’re thinking of imaging a dark nebula… think again. This was probably the most difficult object I had to process, and I’m not even satisfied. This is LDN 1235, the Shark Nebula. 8.7 hours with the SVX130 and QHY600C. A very faint dark nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is fairly large and is close to several bright stars. Talking about bright stars, do you see that weird rainbow near the bottom right? That’s what happens when you don’t use an IR Cut filter…

I might spend more time on this object to really get a better result but that rainbow + my terrible back-focus issues I’m currently experiencing are not motivating. I might wait until next year to revisit it. What’s the most difficult target you had to process?

More info: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/the-shark-nebula

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LDN 1235 - The Shark Nebula, Antoine Grelin